False-positive I-131 images mimicking thyroid cancer metastasis. The nose ring sign.

abstract：:Reduced cortical benzodiazepine receptor binding potential in late images of I-iomazenil SPECT indicates neuronal damage in the cortex. We present the case of a 31-year-old woman with mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) who had focal seizures in the right hand. FLA...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Taguchi Y,Takashima S,Noguchi K,Tanaka K

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of a 55-year-old man with a history of poorly differentiated metastatic thyroid cancer, which is rare and shows aggressive behavior. The patient had radioactive iodine-negative multiple metastasis on F-FDGPET/CT, therefore Ga-DOTATATE and Ga-PSMA PET/CT were performed whether an opportunity exist for...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Civan C,Isik EG,Simsek DH

更新日期：2020-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective review of two years' experience with radionuclide screening to detect lower gastrointestinal bleeding sites was conducted at New York's Montefiore Medical Center. Of 82 studies performed in 63 patients, 13 identified active bleeding sites. Only three of eight angiograms obtained in these 13 patients we...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Winn M,Weissmann HS,Sprayregen S,Freeman LM

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously healthy 9-year-old boy presented to an outside hospital with a history of abdominal pain and vomiting. An abdominal x-ray was unremarkable. A CT of the abdomen and pelvis performed to evaluate possible obstruction after weight loss and vomiting over a 3-week period demonstrated a large retroperitoneal mas...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kang HJ,Beylergil V,Price AP,Abramson SJ,Carrasquillo JA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy and merit of testicular imaging, utilizing Tc-99m pertechnetate, were studied prospectively in a group of patients who presented with acute onset of scrotal pain. Consecutive admissions were studied. All were managed according to the likelihood of the problem being testicular torsion, which was determined...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Dunn EK,Macchia RJ,Chauhan PS,Laungani GB,Solomon NA

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimal scan time of F-fluorocholine (FCH) PET/CT for localization of hyperfunctioning parathyroid glands is poorly documented. We report a small series of 9 histologically proven hyperfunctioning parathyroid gland with heterogeneous temporal uptake profile. Thirty-minute dynamic acquisition starting just after F-fluo...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Morland D,Richard C,Godard F,Deguelte S,Delemer B

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the F-FDG and Ga prostate-specific membrane antigen PET/CT images of a 61-year-old patient with a newly diagnosed prostate carcinoma (4 + 4 Gleason score) and high serum prostate-specific antigen levels (460 ng/mL). In F-FDG PET/CT, minimal uptake was demonstrated in the prostatic mass without any accompany...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Soydal C,Ozkan E,Yerlikaya H,Utkan G,Kucuk ON

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 68-year-old man with sarcoidosis showed high F-FDG uptake in the mediastinal and hilar lymph nodes on F-FDG PET, suggesting active inflammation. F-fluoro-boronophenylalanine (FBPA) PET showed no significant uptake in the mediastinal and hilar lymph nodes, suggesting its cancer specificity as a substrate of L-type am...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Watabe T,Shimamoto H,Naka S,Kamiya T,Murakami S

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In evaluating alcoholic liver disease in a patient with pulmonary tuberculosis, a liver-spleen scan was performed that showed an unusual uptake of sulfur colloid in the lungs. There was diffuse uptake in the left lung and portions of the right lower lung with absent uptake in the right upper lobe and portions of the r...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Stewart CA,Hung GL,Siegel ME,McHutchison JG

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of sickle cell disease associated with functional asplenia are described. The spleen was not visualized on routine Tc-99m-sulfur colloid scan. The bone scan performed with Tc-99m-phosphate compounds revealed abnormal splenic activity in all three cases. The previous case reports and the literature on this ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Dhekne RD

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 74-year-old man was evaluated by bone scan for possible rib fractures, which revealed a diffuse skeletal uptake secondary to myelofibrosis and focal midthoracic uptake. Chest CT and F-FDG PET/CT demonstrated pathological vertebral fractures of the midthoracic spine, which appeared as a cold defect on PET comparing t...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Rousseau E,Keu KV

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extrapulmonary small cell carcinoma (SCC) is an uncommon malignancy. A 57-year-old man was referred because of a 1-month history of left lumbago. MR images showed an ovoid tumor in the left adrenal gland. FDG PET/CT showed intense FDG uptake of the left adrenal tumor with thrombosis of the left renal vein. The patient...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Dong A,Zuo C,Wang Y

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients are presented in whom pulmonary accumulation of Ga-67 led to an early diagnosis of miliary tuberculosis and its prompt treatment. Their chest radiographs were unremarkable and thus noncontributory to the diagnostic process. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Grieff M,Lisbona R

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 48-year-old man experienced recurrent vertigo refractory to antiplatelet medications. Cerebral angiography showed occlusion of bilateral vertebral arteries with poor collateral circulation. PET using O2 gas showed reduced blood flow and metabolic rate of oxygen and elevated oxygen extraction fraction in bilateral ce...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Oikawa K,Kobayashi M,Beppu T,Terasaki K,Ogasawara K

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 40-year-old man was examined because he was a potential "healthy" renal donor. However, the routine work-up before surgery revealed hypertension, although there was no family history of this condition. The patient was examined to exclude secondary causes of hypertension. Tc-99m glucoheptonate renal imaging showed ne...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kumar R,Gupta R,Reddy SN,Malhotra A

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatobiliary scintigraphy has been recognized as a useful diagnostic tool in detecting the presence and site of bile leaks. The authors report a case of bile ascites secondary to a postsurgical biliary leak, the scintigraphic findings in bile ascites, and the potential use of paracentesis, in combination with hepatob...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Nagle CE,Fink-Bennett D,Freitas JE

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radionuclide angiography (RNA) and cholescintigraphy were performed prospectively in 300 patients with suspected acute cholecystitis (AC). Of 79 patients with positive RNA, 63 had AC (80%). Positive RNA was seen in 23 of 26 cases with gangrenous AC (88%) while 12 of the 26 had a positive "rim" sign (46%). All 12 patie...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Colletti PM,Cirimelli KM,Radin DR,Chandrasoma P,Ralls PW,Siegel ME

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The appearance of rare ovarian germ cell tumors such as adult granulosa cell tumor (GCT) on F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) is reported in this article. We present a patient with recurrent GCT and histologically proven intra-abdominal metastases. Most lesions were above PET resolution (>...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Huang YT,Lee JC,Kumar AS

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 26-year-old man had unilateral facial numbness. A brain MRI suggested possible brain metastases. F-FDG and C-choline PET/CT revealed multiple sites of abnormal activity in the body. However, C-choline PET/CT was more impressive than FDG PET/CT. Especially, the brain lesions revealed by MRI had only elevated C-cholin...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Qin C,Wu Z,Li J,Sun X,Lan X

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic cavernous hemangiomas rarely grow. Although a few cases have been reported in the literature, none used Tc-99m red blood cell scintigraphy. The authors describe such a case here. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Gorenberg M,Sopov W,Groshar D

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 41-year-old man from South Asia presented with a several months' history of unilateral nasal obstruction and bleeding. At nasal endoscopy, two strawberry-like, friable, polypoid masses in the upper airways were detected. The patient's clinical trait was compatible with an infectious disease. F-FDG PET/MRI was perfor...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Cazzador D,Cecchin D,Colangeli R,Crimì F,Emanuelli E

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parameters of systolic and diastolic function obtained from radionuclide ventriculography (RNV) were evaluated in nine cardiac allograft recipients. In 25 examinations, left end-diastolic volume (LEDV), cardiac output (CO), left ejection fraction (LEF), right ejection fraction (REF), heart rate (HR), peak filling rate...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Tatum JL,Thompson JA,Prasad U,Burke TS,Quint RI

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solitary abnormalities located within the spine from 75 bone images with Tc-99m MDP were reviewed. For the sake of convenience, patients were grouped in three classes of age: 15-50, 51-65, and 66-90 years. In 67 cases, the diagnosis was apparent from clinical studies, x-ray examinations, or biopsies. In eight cases, n...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Thivolle P,Mathieu L,Mathieu P,Raynal M,Bouyoucef SE,Damideaux J,Vignon E,Berger M

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Technetium-99m-labeled leukocyte (WBC) imaging is a valuable screening method for inflammatory bowel disease, especially in children, because of its high rate of sensitivity, low cost, and ease of preparation. A 14-year-old girl is described who had juvenile arthritis and iritis complicated by inflammatory bowel disea...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Porn U,Howman-Giles R,O'Loughlin E,Uren R,Chaitow J

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient is described who demonstrated accumulation of Tc-99m-sulfur colloid in both the lung and kidney following treatment for disseminated intravascular coagulation. This phenomenon has been demonstrated experimentally in animals following the induction of disseminated intravascular coagulation, but to our knowled...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Smith FW,Brown RG,Ash JM,Gilday DL

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paget bone disease is a chronic benign bone disease characterized by excessive and abnormal bone remodeling. The scintigraphic and bone SPECT/CT hybrid imaging appearances of the affected bone(s) depend on the stage of the disease. We report the case of a patient newly diagnosed with prostate cancer who was found to h...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Engur CO,Turoglu HT,Ozguven S,Tanidir Y,Erdil TY

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent data suggest that diffuse gliomas carrying mutations in codon 34 of the H3 histone family 3A protein represent a very rare, distinct subgroup of IDH-wild type malignant astrocytic gliomas. However, characteristics detectable by MRI and F-FET PET in H3-G34-mutant gliomas are unknown. METHODS:We report...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Vettermann FJ,Felsberg J,Reifenberger G,Hasselblatt M,Forbrig R,Berding G,la Fougère C,Galldiks N,Schittenhelm J,Weis J,Albert NL,Schüller U

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 65-year-old patient with prostate adenocarcinoma was explored by 18F-fluorocholine (FCH) PET/CT for pretreatment staging because of a high risk of prostate cancer. Images showed multiple foci with increased uptake of 18F-FCH within some pelvic and retroperitoneal lymph nodes, osseous foci (iliac bones and sacrum), a...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Pinaquy JB,Allard JB,Cornelis F,Pasticier G,De Clermont H

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma rarely involves the major bile duct. Here, we reported a 46-year-old man with liver cancer who underwent FDG PET/CT for staging. The images showed abnormal FDG uptake in the left lobe and hilum of the liver, which was confirmed as hepatocellular carcinoma and hepatic portal bile duct tumor thr...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Zhang W,Fang C,Liu H,Chen Y

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 38-year-old woman presented with nausea and abdominal distension 15 months after surgical resection of osteoclast-like giant cell tumor in the left lobe of the liver. An 18F-FDG PET/CT scan was performed to evaluate the recurrent tumor. The images demonstrated the recurrent malignancy in the liver. In addition, meta...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Zhang J,Chen L,Li F,Xiao Y,Zhuang H

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00